Eastenders whodunnit: Where were Ian, Denise, Bianca and co. on the night Lucy Beale was murdered?

Walford resident Lucy Beale was murdered on Friday, sparking off a plot that’s set to run until 2015 (Picture: BBC)

With the hunt for Lucy Beale’s killer underway, everyone in EastEnders is trying to prove themselves innocent.

After a brilliantly creepy trailer that went out after Friday’s episode, three radio trailers have surfaced featuring certain characters explaining where they were on the night Lucy Beale was murdered.

The likes of Ian, Denise, Mick, Bianca and even Dot can be heard giving alibis for that night.

To really keep everyone guessing, each character drops in a word or phrase that hints towards a murderous intent.

Friday’s installment saw troubled Lucy meet her maker at the hands of one of Walford’s residents after receiving a text and disappearing into the night.

He says: ‘Friday night? Well I popped into the party but I was dying to get home.’

Suspicious?: People could back up Phil’s story about being at cousin Roxy’s bash, but who can say whether he went straight home afterwards?

Dot Branning

Dot explains that she having a sleepless night thanks to Roxy’s party.

She says: ‘I didn’t get a wink of sleep on Friday night. Them Mitchell girls! They don’t half make my blood boil.’

Suspicious?: Not very. Dot’s inclusion seems only to reinforce the much-advertised point that literally any character could have turned killer on Friday. The alternative is that EE is planning to jump the shark when Lucy’s killer is revealed next year. However, Roxy’s party was making her pretty angry – could she have taken out her frustrations on Lucy? (Doubtful).

Ian Beale

Soon-to-be grieving father Ian claims he was on his own and not feeling too good.

He says: ‘Where was I on Friday night? Restaurant of course. I remember I had this stabbing headache.’

Suspicious?: Assuming he was alone there’s no one to back up his alibi – but it’s hard to believe Ian, who squeals whenever Phil Mitchell even looks at him funny, would kill his own daughter.

Mick Carter

Queen Vic landlord Mick claims he was behind the bar that night.

He says: ‘Friday night? We had a pool tournament in the Vic. There were some amazing shots.’

Suspicious?: A lot of people would have seen Mick at work, and Mick has no reason to want Lucy dead. The last part of his sentence is highly suspicious though. Then again, Danny Dyer could sound sinister reading the TV listings.

Whitney Dean

Whitney got dressed up on Friday to impress Lee Carter, but her heart was broken once again when she discovered Lee only had eyes for Lucy. We can only assume she went home after she stormed off.

She says: ‘I was supposed to be going to the party on Friday, but I couldn’t face it; not with her there. It would have been agony.’

Suspicious?: Quite. Whitney and Lucy aren’t the best of friends, and during the episode we saw Whit leave a crying Lucy in the street. Did Whitney go home or decide to get her own back later?

He says: ‘Friday night? I don’t remember much. I’d had a few too many so I was dead to the world.’

Suspicious?: Highly. He has already admitted that he can’t remember much of Friday, who knows what he could have got up to. Plus, he helped Lucy out setting up her website for her business – could they have become close over that time? Could he have found out about Lucy and Max and snapped?

Roxy Mitchell

Roxy was busy hosting a party that apparently everyone and their mother was invited to.

She says: ‘It was my house-warming on Friday. We had a wicked party, great mates; killer tunes.’

Suspicious?: Not at all. Roxy would have been at her house-party all night until the last guest had gone home. Right?